Health-and-fitness professionals: Connect with health care providers in your area to complete the paradigm. Use the resources in this toolkit, which includes a comprehensive plan on how to work with health care
providers.

Tell us how exercise has changed your practice or profession. We’ll feature your inspirational stories on the EIM Month Web site and in the EIM Newsletter.

Experts from ACSM, the National Institutes of Health, and numerous other organizations and institutes will hone in on research and strategies addressing the health of children with disabilities. On Saturday, June 5, a panel led by Pamela Starke-Reed, Ph.D., will address "Improving the Health of Children with Disabilities." Dr. Reed is
Deputy Director of the NIH Division of Nutrition Research Coordination.More

Expert Panel to Explore Gender Issues in Sports Share
The debate over Caster Semenya's eligibility to run competitively as a woman has heightened issues that can be sensitive, complex, and sensationalized. These issues are a focus of WomenSport International, which will convene an expert panel to discuss "Disorders of Sexual
Development" (DSD) in sport 8:00 a.m. – noon Saturday, June 5, at the 57th ACSM Annual Meeting in Baltimore.More

KinetiSense Wireless 3-D Motion AnalysisAccelerometers and gyroscopes packaged in a compact user worn sensor measure linear
acceleration and angular velocity from up to five points on the body. Data can be transmitted in real time to a PC or stored in device memory. Click here for more information.

Guidelines Editors Seek Member FeedbackShare
The editorial team of ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription has begun planning for the ninth
edition and would like your feedback on the current edition. Please provide us with your thoughts and comments in this short survey. Your input is valued and appreciated.

Policy Corner: House Passes FIT Kids Act Share
The FIT Kids Act (HR 1585), which ensures that parents know about the quality and quantity of physical education in their children’s schools, passed the House of Representatives by voice vote on April 23. The bill would require local and state education agencies to annually report to parents and families information on school health and physical education programs, including the
amount of time students spend in required physical education.More

Upcoming Career Webinar Free to Student and Student Alliance MembersShare Considering a career in personal training or strength and conditioning? ACSM expert Neal Pire, M.A., CSCS, FACSM, will give insight into this career path and take your questions in an upcoming Webinar. The event is free to all ACSM student and student alliance members. Click here for more information and to register.

Human Metabolic-rate SystemsSable
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Headlines include recent stories in the media on sports medicine and exercise science topics and do not reflect ACSM statements, views or endorsements. Headlines are meant to inform members on what the public is reading and hearing about the field.

Sister Act: Athlete and Nun Team Up for CharityReuters Share Endurance runner Lisa Smith Batchen likes going to extremes. She has run through Death Valley nine times and raced 150 miles (241 kilometres) across the Sahara Desert.
Now on the verge of her 50th birthday, she's adding altruism to athletics, along with a dash of spiritual uplift from her longtime friend, Sister Mary Beth Lloyd.
Accompanying Smith
Batchen as she seeks to become the first athlete to run 50 miles in each of the 50 states, will be Lloyd, a 61-year-old nun with the Religious Teachers Filippini Order in New Jersey who will run-walk in full habit and sneakers.More

You can use the noninvasive and waterproof Actical wireless monitor for logging activities such as swimming to gain a picture of
activity intensity. The rugged, 24/7, device provides reliable and quality data on physical activity and caloric expenditure. Learn more about Actical.

SonoSite's advanced technology enables Sports Medicine physicians to diagnose and monitor acute soft tissue injuries at the point of care and to guide injections, such as PRP, to achieve greater accuracy. The M-Turbo ultrasound system is portable and durable, and it includes an industry-leading 5-year warranty. More Info

The Stretch-EZ encompasses the foot allowing for a comfortable stretch to the foot, heel, Achilles tendon, hamstring, quadriceps, inner/outer thigh and calf. This unique
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